A Perfect River Tay Springer
This salmon was the inevitable end result of a talented River Tay ghillie being 'set loose' on a river that's coming into good fishing order.
I've seen salmon caught on all water conditions however some far less than others. l'll now give you a bit of insight into the capture of yesterday's perfect fish.
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Dunkeld House Beat Investment Plans
Up until then this beat was only leased with no huge outlay of finance like this to account for. Part of the investment is for the construction of a brand new fully serviced 'state of the art' salmon fishing hut at the tranquil top end of the beat. In addition to this 2 brand new traditional Tay coble boats have been ordered from John Ferguson at Stanley (which will only ever be varnished) plus 3 brand new Yamaha 4 stroke engines.
Dunkeld House Beat Fishing Prospects
With the recent flood water now behind us the prospects for this middle River Tay salmon beat are truly excellent and although a higher ticket price which I'll get into in a minute this beat is massive value for money if you're equating it to your actual chances of catching a Spring salmon like this one. Personally I'd rather pay £50 or £60 to be in with a real chance of a Springer in the early months of the season than £30 to have the slimmest of chances. The Dunkeld House beat prices for 2018 were set with careful consideration for the recent £575,000 investment which was made to purchase this prime middle Tay salmon beat from the Hilton Group last November.
Salmon Fishing Timing
Although yesterday saw the water levels on Dunkeld House still nowhere near perfect with much high water debris in the river the conditions were good enough for Gordon to be out yet again systematically covering all the likely high water Spring salmon holding areas. All dedicated River Tay ghillies will be 'naturally' keen for their first salmon each year if they're conscientious about the reputation of their salmon beat or are remotely competitive. The indicator of a keen professional ghillie is not necessarily whether salmon have been caught but whether they have been out trying or not. At Dunkeld House a 'daily & thorough' attempt has been made since the 15th and the above is the well deserved end result of that consistent effort. With water conditions now favourable I've no doubt you'll be seeing much more of the above in the coming weeks on the Dunkeld House beat.
River Tay Spring Salmon Holding Beat
The Dunkeld House salmon beat is one of the very best bets for an early Spring salmon on the entire River Tay which is simply due to this beat having its lower half structured with deep wide slow moving pool formations which slows up the current and encourages salmon to hold. When the Tay is running high it turns most middle Tay beats into a torrent but not on Dunkeld House. In addition to the brilliance of the holding water on lower half of this salmon beat the upper half of the beat has perfect salmon fly water which has now for the first time been sanctioned as 'fly only' which already has been well received by many discerning River Tay salmon fishers.